How Elmer Dessens's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Elmer Dessens posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 5.31, near the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 2004, posting 6.26, near the starting pitcher average of 6.32 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at 3.06, well below the starting pitcher average of 6.81 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.5 in 2008 to 3.86 in 2009 and 3.06 in 2010. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 14 seasons.
Elmer Dessens Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for Elmer Dessens
| Elmer Dessens
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 5.31 |
| Season Avg. | 5.31 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 5.31 |
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Elmer Dessens Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season
Elmer Dessens's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Elmer Dessens Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team
Elmer Dessens's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Elmer Dessens Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Elmer Dessens's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Elmer Dessens Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Elmer Dessens's seasonal Strikeouts Per 9 Innings alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Elmer Dessens Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Elmer Dessens's MLB career with Strikeouts Per 9 Innings alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
